Originally Posted by
RogerDat
The Lee Classic Turret with a 10 second removal of the square indexing rod becomes a single stage press. With turret disks to hold the dies in correct adjustment for quick drop in of the turret disk with the dies required. Saves you set up time every time you reload.
Later as proficiency grows one can add an on the die powder dispenser, drop that auto indexing rod you removed for single stage operation back in and crank out pistol rounds in larger volumes.
I have used the LCT to reform 30-06 brass to 8mm mauser so I consider it a solid and sturdy piece of equipment. It can provide faster output using the auto indexing rod to auto rotate the dies allowing it to be used for producing larger quantities of loaded ammo for auto loading rifles, or pistols, as well as large brass one at a time for bolt action rifles etc.
LCT has a good selection of additional devices for powder dispensing on the press and the primer dispenser for on the press has been very useful and I find it easy to use.
I also keep assorted "special" dies on a turret disk. Such as those for universal depriming, forming 30-06 to other calibers, and a tapered expander to round the mouths of brass that was crushed using the expander.
The function of a single stage while learning, the productivity of a turret later when skills have grown in a solid piece of equipment at a good price.